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wrote in message ... In article , 362436 (Ron) wrote: Oh I guess those German submarines must have stopped into US Harbors during WW2, to replenish oil supplies, after raiding our convoys. try the canary islands. Try again Much to the displeasure of the Germans the Spaniards interned a number of U-boat crews that turned up in the Canary Islands and they were desperately short of fuel themselves see http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp16.htm You'll find that oil imports to Spain were only allowed on the basis that Spain distance itself from the Axis. The only real concession the spaniards made was agreeing to turn a blind eye to the presence of german tankers in Spanish territorial waters. http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp10.htm http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/spain/sp11.htm Keith |
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